tbf i never got it at any point despite having come in close contact w people who were supposedly positive at the time.
i’ve never seen her, it’s anecdotal but that works for me in this instance
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Anonymous19w
To be fair, nobody acts like it is
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Anonymous19w
thats so dumb to say
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Anonymous19w
I mean functionally it isnt here, there are no more guidelines or vaccine requirements, for the vast majority it isnt here anymore because it doesnt effect us
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Anonymous19w
The ragebait on here is real
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Anonymouslocalwendigo19w
covid doesnt just poof away
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Anonymous#119w
tbf we all know the flu is real but don’t act any differently abt it other than getting flu shots. but saying that the flu isn’t real would also be insane
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AnonymousOP19w
It is pretty much gone right now
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Anonymous#119w
I still know people getting it so idk about that, but also I haven’t looked into precise statistics. it also mostly affects older or immunocompromised people so us college-agers won’t know as many people getting it
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AnonymousOP19w
There were only 950 something worldwide deaths in December, about 1/5th that of the flu
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Anonymous#119w
thanks for the info, that’s good to know and nice to hear. that’s still not enough to say it’s not around anymore like Measles or the Spanish flu, but meh
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Anonymous#119w
thanks for discussing this in good faith btw :p appreciate you
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AnonymousOP19w
Very good to hear! We have really come a long way from where we were in 2020
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Anonymous#119w
“It is pretty much gone” according to who bro 100k Americans died of covid last year
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Anonymous#119w
Do you want me to link the CDC study
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Anonymous#119w
What about measles though
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Anonymousboariskarloff19w
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Anonymous#119w
Ok my bad, I was thinking of a study from 2024. The current CDC death estimates are down from that number, 45k—64k deaths for 2025.
Yeah no worries, it’s important to stay up to date with current information
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Anonymous#119w
That’s still a fuck ton of people tho. It’s not “gone”
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Anonymousboariskarloff19w
950 in context of global numbers is not a fuck ton I don’t think, and its still trending down from that
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Anonymous#119w
i mean it’s not a lot but it’s weird it’s happened at least 950 times
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Anonymous#419w
Covid deaths are about 1/5 that of flu, Lightning strike deaths are about 1/5 that of covid
Numbers are fun
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Anonymous#119w
Think of the long term implications though. We know that COVID damages the body with repeat infections. More hospitalizations, more disabilities. At the very least we should clean the air